Pope Francis has cancelled his trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai due to influenza and lung inflammation, the Vatican said. The Pope, 86, was due to begin a three-day visit on Friday. Earlier on Tuesday, the Vatican had said he planned to go ahead with the trip despite having been ill over the […]
The China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), the world’s first national-level supply chain expo, will be held in Beijing from Tuesday to Saturday, providing a platform for global enterprises to engage in trade promotion, investment cooperation and learning amid global economic challenges. Over 500 Chinese and foreign enterprises and institutions from 55 countries and regions […]
Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio said most of the leaders of an attack on a military barracks in the capital Freetown earlier on Sunday had been arrested, adding that security operations and an investigation were ongoing. “We will ensure that those responsible are held accountable,” Bio said on national television. “As your commander-in-chief, I […]
Gazprom, a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation, recently announced the signing of an agreement with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network Corporation (PipeChina) in St. Petersburg for clean energy development. The deal involves agreement on the design and construction of a pipeline section in the Far East, which […]
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of killing George Floyd was stabbed in federal prison Friday, sources told ABC News. Sources familiar add that Chauvin is as of now in “stable” condition and is expected to survive. An inmate was assaulted at The Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, at approximately 12:30 p.m. local […]
India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, speaking at the 6th India-Japan Indo-Pacific Forum, recently highlighted the steadily broadening India-Japan partnership in recent years. “It is reflected in arrangements such as the Quad, the supply chain resilience initiative, the clean energy partnership, and the semiconductor supply chain partnership. We have also joined multilateral initiatives like the […]
Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is to be freed from jail on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He shot Steenkamp multiple times through a bathroom door on Valentine’s Day in 2013, later claiming he mistook her for a burglar. Pistorius, now 37, was sentenced by a South African court in […]
A woman has accused New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams of sexual assault in court papers filed late on Wednesday. The summons alleges that the plaintiff was assaulted by Mr Adams in 1993 “while they both worked for the City of New York”. Mr Adams denied the claims and told CBS News that didn’t “recall […]
Mexico’s National Guard arrested the alleged security chief of a faction of the Sinaloa cartel, Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as “El Nini”. “El Nini” is accused of leading a ruthless group of bodyguards providing protection for the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. The sons, known as “Chapitos” (little Chapos), rose to lead […]
A key political ally of Vladimir Putin has adopted a child seized from a Ukrainian children’s home, according to documents uncovered by BBC’s Panorama. Sergey Mironov, the 70-year-old leader of a Russian political party, is named on the adoption record of a two-year-old girl who was taken in 2022 by a woman he is now […]
Veteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders is heading for a dramatic victory in the Dutch general election, according to a first results forecast. After 25 years in parliament, his Freedom party (PVV) is projected to win 36 seats, well ahead of his nearest rival, a left-wing alliance. “The PVV can no longer be ignored,” he […]
Police have held an ex-US state department aide who allegedly spewed anti-Muslim abuse at a New York City food vendor. Stuart Seldowitz has acknowledged in media interviews that he is the man seen in viral video calling the vendor a “terrorist”. He alleged the individual had provoked him by expressing support for Hamas. The halal […]
